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trout · September 29, 2016, 08:27:39 AM

I have spent a large part of my life in the North of Australia where these cyclonic events usually occur and for most people that live in the North they are a normal part of the wet season and have learnt how to prepare and deal with it.
The houses and buildings are built to withstand high winds and the infrastructure is over engineered by southern standards.

This is NOT the case in the South of the country where storms like the one in SA at the moment are quite rare.
I imagine it would be terrifying to be huddled up in a house with no power and listening to the wind at strengths you have never seen or heard before howling outside.

I hope that everyone in SA stays safe and that things get back to normal as soon as possible :ok:

Unicorn · September 29, 2016, 12:29:21 PM

Quote from: 'Robster' pid='99099' dateline='1475101909'Day two of "Armageddon" training! :shok:

Is that like Armageddon sick of this wind and rain?

markn · September 29, 2016, 12:59:08 PM

Quote from: 'Triggersmob' pid='99005' dateline='1475052380'Markn might be offline for a while. We can all play up.

Haw haw. The power was off here from 3pm till about 8.30pm. We had 32 mm of rain in our backyard yesterday and it was a bit windy but nothing that we haven't seen many times before. The worst of the storm hit up north of us about 300km and took out several high tension towers which brought down the power in the whole state.

markn · September 29, 2016, 12:59:53 PM

Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='99012' dateline='1475053028'Yes, the forum server must be on a UPS as the whole of SA is apparently blacked out according to tonight's news. Hope all the SA members are going ok.

The forum server is in Los Angeles. If a power outage in SA takes out a server in the USA I think we'll all be busy with things other than the forum

robbiegal · September 29, 2016, 05:17:20 PM

pleased to hear that all is well on the homefront Mark
cold weather to be having power outage for so long
but at least you have that beaut BBQ to still whip up a storm to feed the family!!
hail pending of course!!

markn · September 30, 2016, 06:29:38 AM

Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='99163' dateline='1475135240'pleased to hear that all is well on the homefront Mark
cold weather to be having power outage for so long
but at least you have that beaut BBQ to still whip up a storm to feed the family!!
hail pending of course!!

The gas cooker inside was working fine too. I actually sat outside brewing up beer for most of the power outage :yahoo:

robbiegal · September 30, 2016, 06:47:46 AM

good use of time there Mark
we have an all electric house -i can see the benefits of having gas stoves

we have a bit of rain here at the moment
not sure what is going on but the light fitting in the toot is raining - heavily
i now have an umbrella set up in there

I remember Belly telling me not to use the light switch when the other end of the house was leaking a few years ago

i have yet to send the hubby out to have a look see

we have to take me to the hospital for a day procedure so the investigations will have to wait until later

markn · September 30, 2016, 09:10:34 AM

Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='99220' dateline='1475183866'we have to take me to the hospital for a day procedure so the investigations will have to wait until later

Ugh, I hope all goes well.

Nevol · September 30, 2016, 08:38:06 PM

Quote from: 'markn' pid='99225' dateline='1475192434'
Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='99220' dateline='1475183866'we have to take me to the hospital for a day procedure so the investigations will have to wait until later
Ugh, I hope all goes well.

:yeah_what_she_said: Get well soon RG.

robbiegal · September 30, 2016, 08:43:01 PM

:heart: thank-you very much :heart:

Unicorn · September 30, 2016, 09:18:29 PM

Best wishes RG!

trout · October 01, 2016, 01:11:46 AM

Quotewe have to take me to the hospital for a day procedure so the investigations will have to wait until later

I hope it is nothing serious RG and that you are up and running again in NO time , All the Best Mate :heart:

trout · October 09, 2016, 09:01:28 PM

I just cooked some fish that was caught 4-6 Months ago when we went up to Sharks Bay.
I vacuum packed all the fillets on that trip and the 4-6 Months old fish tastes and has the same texture of a fish caught yesterday.
My vacuum machine cost me about $200 but it is worth every penny as far as I am concerned.:yahoo:

Unicorn · October 09, 2016, 09:46:09 PM

Sounds good Trout, Mrs Uni was contemplating the ones at Aldi when they were there.

I was going to put in a pun about being sucked in ..... but ..... oops, too late. :laugh2:

trout · October 09, 2016, 09:55:27 PM

Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='99681' dateline='1476011769'Sounds good Trout, Mrs Uni was contemplating the ones at Aldi when they were there.

I was going to put in a pun about being sucked in ..... but ..... oops, too late. :laugh2:

My Sister nagged me for years to get one of these machines and I finally relented.
I wish I had listed to her years ago now :angel: